A shopping trip to Chembur last evening ended in shock and outrage for Pradnya Walke. The 24-year-old, a former airhostess, was molested by a young man in a busy market place. When she retaliated, not a single bystander came forward to help her. <img alt="Pradnya Walke" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Pradnya-Walke.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 667px;" /> After being harassed by the boy, Pradnya Walke turned around and slapped him Walke, a resident of BARC Colony in Chembur, was shopping with her mother opposite Chembur railway station, when she felt someone grab her from behind. She turned around to realise that a boy in his 20s was the culprit. At first she ignored him, only to feel the boy grab her again. &ldquo;The third time he touched me, I slapped him hard. I soon realised that no one was coming forward to help me,&rdquo; said Walke. Walke met with an accident one-and-a-half years ago, after which a rod was inserted in her leg. She has been undergoing treatment since. Walke said that she is planning to lodge an FIR against the boy as well.

Pradnya Walke was shopping with her mother near Chembur railway station when a youth started grabbing her from behind; when she retaliated by beating him, no one came to her aid

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